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| DATE | 2003-07-08 |
| FROM | Brent Fox
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] HP offers Mandrake Linux 9.1 - Preinstalled 2.4Ghz
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On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 15:26, Adam Kosmin wrote:
> I just went to the site and was unable to configure a d220 system with
> Mandrake. If you go through the motions, you'll see that the only
> availabe software options include Windows XP Home SP1 and Windows XP
> Professional SP1.
I can't say I'm surprised. I tried it myself and couldn't find one
either.
I did run across
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/12454-64287-89301-321860-f9-337529.html which has the friendly statement "Compaq PCs use genuine Microsoft Windows" at the bottom along with a link to www.microsoft.com/piracy/howtotell. I've noticed that all the big OEMs have this message these days. Coincidence? Take a look at:
http://catalog.us.dell.com/CS1/cs1page2.aspx?br=1&c=us&CS=19&fm=10445&kc=6V414&l=en&s=dhs
http://www-132.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=-840&storeId=1&categoryId=2286442&langId=-1&dualCurrId=73
> I'm getting on the phone with HP now and will be
> trying to find some answers.
I wish you the best of luck. Perhaps you'll have better luck than I did
with Dell a few years ago. They wouldn't sell me a desktop with Linux
at any price.
If the OEMs don't want to sell Linux on desktop machines, that's fine.
What bothers me is when they make big public claims to offer the
machines and then never do. The press releases hit Slashdot and
everybody gets all excited but then nobody seems to care when the OEMs
don't follow through. I don't know why some tech reporters haven't
written articles about the broken promises of OEMs to offer desktop
Linux preloads.
Cheers,
Brent
> Best,
> Adam Kosmin
>
>
>
> Ray C. (ray-pub-at-nyc.rr.com) wrote:
> "
> " --
> " At times the discrepency between institutions and technology becomes an
> " incompatibility, and then one or the other must give way.
> " -Allen Wheelis
>
> Content-Description: Walt Pennington : [Lula] HP offers Mandrake Linux 9.1 - Preinstalled 2.4Ghz Pentium
> " Date: 02 Jul 2003 13:29:52 -0700
> " To: LULA
> " From: Walt Pennington
> " Subject: [Lula] HP offers Mandrake Linux 9.1 - Preinstalled 2.4Ghz Pentium
> " X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.0
> "
> " http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/en/WF07a/12454-64287-89301-321860-f9-337529.html
> "
> " HP Press Release
> " http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2003/030702a.html
> "
> "
> " "HP Compaq desktops are available with the latest operating systems from
> " the industry leader, Microsoft, as well as a robust Linux offering from
> " Mandrake. The HP Compaq d220 offers a choice of Microsoft Windows XP
> " Professional, Microsoft Windows XP Home or Mandrake's Linux v9.1,
> " providing customers with the versatility needed for today's mixed-use
> " environments."
> "
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